List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman
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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Harry S. Truman during his presidency.[1] In total Truman appointed 133 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), 27 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 102 judges to the United States district courts.
Additionally, 9 Article I federal judge appointments are listed, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 4 judges to the United States Customs Court.
- Fred M. Vinson was Truman's pick for Chief Justice of the United States.
- David L. Bazelon of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was Truman's longest-serving appellate appointee, with over 40 years of service.
- William H. Hastie was the first African American appointed to a United States Court of Appeals, the Third Circuit.
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United States Supreme Court justices
[edit]# | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended retired service |
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1 | Harold H. Burton | 8 | Ohio | Owen Roberts | September 18, 1945 | September 19, 1945 | September 22, 1945 | October 13, 1958 | October 28, 1964 |
2 | Fred M. Vinson | Chief | Kentucky | Harlan F. Stone | June 6, 1946 | June 20, 1946 | June 21, 1946 | September 8, 1953 | – |
3 | Tom C. Clark | 10 | Texas | Frank Murphy | August 2, 1949 | August 18, 1949 | August 19, 1949 | June 12, 1967 | June 13, 1977 |
4 | Sherman Minton | 3 | Indiana | Wiley Blount Rutledge | September 15, 1949 | October 4, 1949 | October 5, 1949 | October 15, 1956 | April 9, 1965 |
Courts of appeals
[edit]# | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
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1 | Bennett Champ Clark | D.C. | September 12, 1945 | September 24, 1945 | September 28, 1945 | July 13, 1954 | – |
2 | Wilbur Kingsbury Miller | D.C. | September 12, 1945 | September 24, 1945 | September 28, 1945 | October 15, 1964 | January 24, 1976 |
3 | William Edwin Orr | Ninth | September 10, 1945 | September 19, 1945 | September 28, 1945 | January 1, 1956 | October 7, 1965 |
4 | E. Barrett Prettyman | D.C. | September 12, 1945 | September 24, 1945 | September 28, 1945 | April 16, 1962 | August 4, 1971 |
5 | John Joseph O'Connell | Third | September 12, 1945 | October 3, 1945 | October 11, 1945 | December 16, 1949 | – |
6 | Shackelford Miller Jr. | Sixth | November 23, 1945 | December 4, 1945 | December 11, 1945 | November 1, 1965 | November 24, 1965 |
7 | Harry Ellis Kalodner | Third | May 7, 1946[Rn 1] | July 25, 1946 | July 27, 1946 | October 3, 1969 | March 15, 1977 |
8 | John Caskie Collet | Eighth | April 30, 1947 | July 8, 1947 | July 9, 1947 | December 5, 1955 | – |
9 | James McPherson Proctor | D.C. | February 2, 1948 | March 2, 1948 | March 5, 1948 | September 17, 1953 | – |
10 | Harold Montelle Stephens | D.C. | February 2, 1948 | March 2, 1948 | March 5, 1948 | May 28, 1955 | – |
11 | F. Ryan Duffy | Seventh | January 13, 1949 | January 31, 1949 | February 2, 1949 | June 30, 1966 | August 16, 1979 |
12 | Walter Lyndon Pope | Ninth | February 14, 1949 | February 25, 1949 | March 1, 1949 | April 1, 1961 | March 27, 1969 |
13 | Philip J. Finnegan | Seventh | April 8, 1949 | May 3, 1949 | May 5, 1949 | January 4, 1959 | – |
14 | Walter C. Lindley | Seventh | September 15, 1949 | October 12, 1949 | October 13, 1949 | January 3, 1958 | – |
15 | John Coleman Pickett | Tenth | September 23, 1949 | October 12, 1949 | October 13, 1949 | January 1, 1966 | September 1, 1983 |
16 | Wayne G. Borah | Fifth | October 15, 1949 | October 19, 1949 | October 21, 1949 | December 31, 1956 | February 6, 1966 |
17 | Robert Lee Russell | Fifth | October 15, 1949 | October 19, 1949 | October 21, 1949 | January 18, 1955 | – |
18 | David L. Bazelon | D.C. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | February 8, 1950 | October 21, 1949[2] | June 30, 1979 | February 19, 1993 |
19 | Charles Fahy | D.C. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | April 4, 1950 | October 21, 1949[3] | April 17, 1967 | September 17, 1979 |
20 | William H. Hastie | Third | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | July 19, 1950 | October 21, 1949[4] | May 31, 1971 | April 14, 1976 |
21 | Hardress Nathaniel Swaim | Seventh | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | February 8, 1950 | October 21, 1949[2] | July 30, 1957 | – |
22 | George Thomas Washington | D.C. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | April 28, 1950 | October 21, 1949[5] | November 10, 1965 | August 21, 1971 |
23 | Austin Leander Staley | Third | April 27, 1950 | June 27, 1950 | July 5, 1950 | December 31, 1967 | August 3, 1978 |
24 | Louie Willard Strum | Fifth | September 14, 1950 | September 23, 1950 | September 26, 1950 | July 26, 1954 | – |
25 | John Patrick Hartigan | First | December 21, 1950 | January 2, 1951 | January 3, 1951 | March 31, 1965 | August 10, 1968 |
26 | Richard Rives | Fifth / Eleventh | April 12, 1951 | May 1, 1951 | May 3, 1951 | February 15, 1966 | October 27, 1982[6] |
27 | Harold Medina | Second | June 11, 1951 | June 21, 1951 | June 23, 1951 | March 1, 1958 | February 22, 1980 |
District courts
[edit]# | Judge | Court [Note 1] | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
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1 | Roger Thomas Foley[7] | D. Nev. | March 30, 1945 | April 10, 1945 | May 2, 1945 | April 1, 1957 | October 9, 1974 |
2 | Donnell Gilliam | E.D.N.C. | May 3, 1945 | May 15, 1945 | May 18, 1945 | March 16, 1959 | March 6, 1960 |
3 | Dennis F. Donovan | D. Minn. | June 1, 1945 | July 17, 1945 | July 18, 1945 | December 31, 1965 | September 16, 1974 |
4 | Arthur A. Koscinski | E.D. Mich. | June 4, 1945 | July 17, 1945 | July 18, 1945 | April 30, 1957 | November 21, 1957 |
5 | Alexander Holtzoff | D.D.C. | September 12, 1945 | September 24, 1945 | September 28, 1945 | December 31, 1967 | September 6, 1969 |
6 | Ben Herbert Rice Jr. | W.D. Tex. | September 10, 1945 | September 19, 1945 | September 28, 1945 | March 14, 1964 | – |
7 | William Carey Mathes | S.D. Cal. | September 24, 1945 | October 11, 1945 | October 17, 1945 | June 9, 1965 | July 24, 1967 |
8 | Thomas M. Madden | D.N.J. | October 9, 1945 | October 23, 1945 | October 25, 1945 | January 1, 1968 | March 29, 1976 |
9 | Wallace Samuel Gourley | W.D. Pa. | November 2, 1945 | November 20, 1945 | November 29, 1945 | August 4, 1969 | September 23, 1976 |
10 | Arthur Johnson Mellott | D. Kan. | November 13, 1945 | November 27, 1945 | November 29, 1945 | December 29, 1957 | – |
11 | Seybourn Harris Lynne | N.D. Ala. | December 14, 1945 | December 20, 1945 | January 3, 1946 | January 9, 1973 | September 10, 2000 |
12 | Edward S. Kampf | N.D.N.Y. | January 17, 1946 | February 5, 1946 | February 8, 1946 | July 1, 1948 | – |
13 | Roy Mahlon Shelbourne | W.D. Ky. | January 17, 1946 | February 5, 1946 | February 8, 1946 | November 1, 1964 | December 29, 1974 |
14 | Francis Muir Scarlett | S.D. Ga. | January 24, 1946 | February 13, 1946 | February 14, 1946 | August 2, 1968 | November 18, 1971 |
15 | Jacob Weinberger | S.D. Cal. | January 24, 1946 | February 15, 1946 | February 21, 1946 | November 1, 1958 | May 20, 1974 |
16 | Samuel Marion Driver | E.D. Wash. | March 12, 1946 | April 9, 1946 | April 13, 1946 | September 12, 1958 | – |
17 | Howard C. Speakman | D. Ariz. | March 27, 1946 | April 9, 1946 | April 13, 1946 | June 17, 1952 | – |
18 | John W. Murphy | M.D. Pa. | May 7, 1946 | May 21, 1946 | May 27, 1946 | March 28, 1962 | – |
19 | George Bernard Harris | N.D. Cal. | June 18, 1946 | June 29, 1946 | July 9, 1946 | July 31, 1970 | October 18, 1983 |
20 | Raymond Wesley Starr | W.D. Mich. | July 3, 1946 | July 23, 1946 | July 25, 1946 | August 15, 1961 | November 2, 1968 |
21 | Theodore Levin | E.D. Mich. | July 3, 1946 | July 25, 1946 | July 27, 1946 | December 31, 1970 | – |
22 | Richard Seymour Rodney | D. Del. | July 25, 1946 | July 27, 1946 | July 31, 1946 | January 1, 1957 | December 22, 1963 |
23 | Frederick Voris Follmer | E.D. Pa. M.D. Pa. W.D. Pa. | July 31, 1946 | July 31, 1946 | August 7, 1946 | June 1, 1955[8] December 30, 1967 June 1, 1955[8] | – May 3, 1971 – |
24 | James P. McGranery | E.D. Pa. | July 31, 1946 | July 31, 1946 | August 7, 1946 | May 26, 1952 | – |
25 | Richmond Bowling Keech | D.D.C. | January 8, 1947 | January 22, 1947 | October 14, 1946[9] | November 1, 1966 | April 13, 1986 |
26 | Edward Matthew Curran | D.D.C. | January 8, 1947 | February 3, 1947 | October 16, 1946[10] | April 2, 1971 | January 10, 1988 |
27 | Dal Millington Lemmon | N.D. Cal. | January 17, 1947 | February 5, 1947 | February 7, 1947 | May 3, 1954 | Elevated |
28 | John David Clifford Jr. | D. Me. | January 10, 1947 | March 14, 1947 | March 24, 1947 | November 18, 1956 | – |
29 | Albert Vickers Bryan | E.D. Va. | May 15, 1947 | June 3, 1947 | June 5, 1947 | August 23, 1961 | Elevated |
30 | R. Ewing Thomason | W.D. Tex. | April 24, 1947 | June 3, 1947 | June 5, 1947 | June 1, 1963 | November 8, 1973 |
31 | Harold Medina | S.D.N.Y. | May 15, 1947 | June 18, 1947 | June 20, 1947 | June 23, 1951 | Elevated |
32 | Joseph Brannon Dooley | N.D. Tex. | January 8, 1947 | July 8, 1947 | July 9, 1947 | October 1, 1966 | January 19, 1967 |
33 | Leo F. Rayfiel | E.D.N.Y. | June 30, 1947 | July 23, 1947 | July 30, 1947 | March 4, 1966 | November 18, 1978 |
34 | Roy Winfield Harper[11] | E.D. Mo. W.D. Mo. | July 10, 1947[Rn 3] | – | August 7, 1947[12] | December 19, 1947 | – |
34.1 | Roy Winfield Harper[11] | E.D. Mo. W.D. Mo. | – | – | December 20, 1947[13] | June 20, 1948 | – |
34.2 | Roy Winfield Harper[11] | E.D. Mo. W.D. Mo. | January 13, 1949 | January 31, 1949 | June 22, 1948[14] | January 5, 1971 | February 13, 1994 |
35 | Sylvester J. Ryan | S.D.N.Y. | November 24, 1947 | December 18, 1947 | November 1, 1947[15] | January 3, 1973 | April 10, 1981 |
36 | Herbert William Christenberry | E.D. La. | July 11, 1947 | December 18, 1947 | December 20, 1947 | October 5, 1975 | – |
37 | Samuel H. Kaufman | S.D.N.Y. | May 17, 1948[Rn 4] | January 31, 1949 | June 22, 1948[14] | July 31, 1955 | May 5, 1960 |
38 | Edward Allen Tamm | D.D.C. | February 3, 1948[Rn 4] | March 29, 1949 | June 22, 1948[16] | March 16, 1965 | Elevated |
39 | David Ezekiel Henderson | W.D.N.C. | – | – | September 1, 1948[17] | February 14, 1949 | – |
40 | Carl Hatch | D.N.M. | January 13, 1949 | January 17, 1949 | January 21, 1949 | April 5, 1963 | September 15, 1963 |
41 | James Thomas Foley | N.D.N.Y. | January 13, 1949 | January 31, 1949 | February 2, 1949 | June 30, 1980 | August 17, 1990 |
42 | William T. McCarthy | D. Mass. | January 13, 1949 | January 31, 1949 | February 2, 1949 | May 31, 1960 | April 6, 1964 |
43 | Thomas Patrick Thornton | E.D. Mich. | January 13, 1949 | January 31, 1949 | February 2, 1949 | February 15, 1966 | July 1, 1985 |
44 | Wilson Warlick | W.D.N.C. | April 2, 1948[Rn 5] | January 31, 1949 | February 2, 1949 | June 24, 1968 | January 30, 1978 |
45 | Herbert Wilson Erskine | N.D. Cal. | January 13, 1949 | February 25, 1949 | March 1, 1949 | March 18, 1951 | – |
46 | William Daniel Murray | D. Mont. | April 5, 1949 | May 4, 1949 | May 9, 1949 | December 31, 1965 | October 3, 1994 |
47 | Robert Emmet Tehan | E.D. Wis. | April 5, 1949 | May 17, 1949 | May 19, 1949 | June 30, 1971 | November 27, 1975 |
48 | Abraham Benjamin Conger | M.D. Ga. | May 19, 1949 | June 2, 1949 | June 6, 1949 | December 9, 1953 | – |
49 | James V. Allred[18] | S.D. Tex. | September 23, 1949 | October 12, 1949 | October 13, 1949 | September 24, 1959 | – |
50 | Ben Clarkson Connally | S.D. Tex. | September 23, 1949 | October 12, 1949 | October 13, 1949 | December 28, 1974 | December 2, 1975 |
51 | Casper Platt | E.D. Ill. | September 15, 1949 | October 12, 1949 | October 13, 1949 | September 16, 1965 | – |
52 | James Marshall Carter | S.D. Cal. | September 23, 1949 | October 15, 1949 | October 18, 1949 | December 1, 1967 | Elevated |
53 | Ernest W. Gibson Jr. | D. Vt. | September 15, 1949 | October 15, 1949 | October 18, 1949 | November 4, 1969 | – |
54 | Harry Clay Westover | S.D. Cal. | September 23, 1949 | October 15, 1949 | October 18, 1949 | December 31, 1965 | April 14, 1983 |
55 | M. Neil Andrews | N.D. Ga. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | – | October 21, 1949[19] | October 31, 1950 | – |
56 | Owen McIntosh Burns | W.D. Pa. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | March 8, 1950 | October 21, 1949[20] | October 26, 1952 | – |
57 | Thomas James Clary | E.D. Pa. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | March 8, 1950 | October 21, 1949[20] | March 1, 1969 | August 1, 1977 |
58 | Delmas Carl Hill | D. Kan. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | March 8, 1950 | October 21, 1949[20] | September 28, 1961 | Elevated |
59 | James Robert Kirkland | D.D.C. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | March 8, 1950 | October 21, 1949[20] | February 25, 1958 | – |
60 | John F. X. McGohey | S.D.N.Y. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | March 8, 1950 | October 21, 1949[20] | March 17, 1970 | July 7, 1972 |
61 | J. Skelly Wright | E.D. La. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | March 8, 1950 | October 21, 1949[20] | April 15, 1962 | Elevated |
62 | Frank Arthur Hooper | N.D. Ga. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | February 21, 1950 | October 21, 1949[21] | June 29, 1967 | February 11, 1985 |
63 | Charles F. McLaughlin | D.D.C. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | February 27, 1950 | October 21, 1949[22] | December 31, 1964 | February 5, 1976 |
64 | Gregory Francis Noonan | S.D.N.Y. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | April 25, 1950 | October 21, 1949[23] | May 1, 1964 | – |
65 | Willis William Ritter | D. Utah | August 25, 1949[Rn 2] | June 29, 1950 | October 21, 1949[24] | March 4, 1978 | – |
66 | Gus J. Solomon | D. Ore. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | June 27, 1950 | October 21, 1949[25] | September 1, 1971 | February 15, 1987 |
67 | Carroll O. Switzer | S.D. Iowa | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | – | October 21, 1949[26] | August 9, 1950 | – |
68 | Allan Kuhn Grim | E.D. Pa. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | April 4, 1950 | October 21, 1949[3] | November 1, 1961 | December 7, 1965 |
69 | Irving Kaufman | S.D.N.Y. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | April 4, 1950 | October 21, 1949[3] | September 22, 1961 | Elevated |
70 | Burnita Shelton Matthews | D.D.C. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | April 4, 1950 | October 21, 1949[3] | March 1, 1968 | April 25, 1988 |
71 | Sidney Sugarman | S.D.N.Y. | October 15, 1949[Rn 2] | April 28, 1950 | October 21, 1949[5] | June 30, 1971 | August 9, 1974 |
72 | Robert Love Taylor | E.D. Tenn. | January 5, 1950 | March 8, 1950 | November 2, 1949[20] | January 15, 1984 | July 11, 1987 |
73 | George William Whitehurst | N.D. Fla. S.D. Fla. | January 30, 1950 | February 21, 1950 | February 23, 1950 | June 30, 1961 | January 13, 1974 |
74 | William Lee Knous | D. Colo. | March 1, 1950 | April 4, 1950 | April 7, 1950 | December 12, 1959 | – |
75 | William Elwood Steckler | S.D. Ind. | February 14, 1950 | April 4, 1950 | April 7, 1950 | December 31, 1986 | March 8, 1995 |
76 | Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr. | W.D. Pa. | March 27, 1950 | June 2, 1950 | June 8, 1950 | January 31, 1977 | April 19, 1993 |
77 | William Robert Wallace | E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla. | April 17, 1950 | June 2, 1950 | June 8, 1950 | June 24, 1960 | – |
78 | Edward Weinfeld | S.D.N.Y. | July 10, 1950 | August 1, 1950 | August 5, 1950 | January 17, 1988 | – |
79 | John Milton Bryan Simpson | S.D. Fla. / M.D. Fla. | September 14, 1950 | September 23, 1950 | September 26, 1950 | November 22, 1966[27] | Elevated |
80 | William Matthew Byrne Sr. | S.D. Cal. / E.D. Cal. | September 1, 1950[Rn 6] | December 13, 1950 | September 27, 1950[28] | June 30, 1966 | March 9, 1974[29] |
81 | Oliver Jesse Carter | N.D. Cal. | September 1, 1950[Rn 6] | December 13, 1950 | September 27, 1950[28] | April 7, 1976 | June 14, 1976 |
82 | Walter M. Bastian | D.D.C. | November 27, 1950 | December 14, 1950 | October 23, 1950[30] | December 15, 1954 | Elevated |
83 | Edward Preston Murphy | N.D. Cal. | December 4, 1950 | December 13, 1950 | December 21, 1950 | December 13, 1958 | – |
84 | William F. Riley | S.D. Iowa | November 29, 1950 | December 14, 1950 | December 27, 1950 | December 29, 1956 | – |
85 | Edward L. Leahy | D.R.I. | December 21, 1950 | January 2, 1951 | January 3, 1951 | July 22, 1953 | – |
86 | Alfred Egidio Modarelli | D.N.J. | November 29, 1950 | January 2, 1951 | January 3, 1951 | September 22, 1957 | – |
87 | Charles Joseph McNamee | N.D. Ohio | February 8, 1951 | March 6, 1951 | March 9, 1951 | May 2, 1964 | – |
88 | Daniel Holcombe Thomas | S.D. Ala. | January 29, 1951 | March 6, 1951 | March 9, 1951 | August 25, 1971 | April 13, 2000 |
89 | William Boyd Sloan | N.D. Ga. | February 19, 1951 | March 20, 1951 | March 23, 1951 | August 1, 1965 | October 22, 1970 |
90 | William James Lindberg | E.D. Wash. W.D. Wash. | March 12, 1951 | April 24, 1951 | April 25, 1951 | May 19, 1961[31] March 1, 1971 | – December 15, 1981 |
91 | William Alvah Stewart | W.D. Pa. | February 27, 1951 | April 24, 1951 | April 25, 1951 | April 9, 1953 | – |
92 | Joseph Warren Sheehy | E.D. Tex. | May 16, 1951 | June 7, 1951 | June 8, 1951 | February 23, 1967 | – |
93 | Thomas Francis Murphy | S.D.N.Y. | June 11, 1951 | June 29, 1951 | July 2, 1951 | December 3, 1970 | October 26, 1995 |
94 | Edward Jordan Dimock | S.D.N.Y. | June 11, 1951 | July 10, 1951 | July 11, 1951 | July 28, 1961 | March 17, 1986 |
95 | Joseph Sam Perry | N.D. Ill. | July 13, 1951 | August 21, 1951 | August 22, 1951 | November 29, 1971 | February 18, 1984 |
96 | Luther Youngdahl | D.D.C. | July 6, 1951 | August 28, 1951 | August 29, 1951 | May 29, 1966 | June 21, 1978 |
97 | Richard Hartshorne | D.N.J. | October 17, 1951 | October 19, 1951 | October 20, 1951 | October 29, 1961 | September 14, 1975 |
98 | Ernest Allen Tolin | S.D. Cal. | October 18, 1951[Rn 7] | June 10, 1952 | October 30, 1951[32] | June 11, 1961 | – |
99 | David Norton Edelstein | S.D.N.Y. | January 30, 1952 | April 7, 1952 | November 1, 1951[33] | November 1, 1994 | August 19, 2000 |
100 | Ashton Hilliard Williams | E.D.S.C. | June 17, 1952 | July 2, 1952 | July 3, 1952 | February 25, 1962 | – |
101 | James Augustine Walsh | D. Ariz. | July 3, 1952 | July 5, 1952 | July 7, 1952 | July 9, 1976 | May 2, 1991 |
102 | Monroe Mark Friedman | N.D. Cal. | June 27, 1952[Rn 8] | – | July 17, 1952[34] | August 3, 1953 | – |
Specialty courts (Article I)
[edit]United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
[edit]# | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
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1 | Noble J. Johnson | May 28, 1948 | June 8, 1948 | June 10, 1948 | July 19, 1956[35] | – |
2 | Eugene Worley | February 24, 1950 | March 8, 1950 | March 9, 1950 | April 30, 1959[36] | – |
3 | William Purington Cole Jr. | July 4, 1952 | July 5, 1952 | July 7, 1952 | September 22, 1957 | – |
United States Court of Claims
[edit]# | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
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1 | John Marvin Jones | January 20, 1947 | July 8, 1947 | July 9, 1947[37] | July 14, 1964[38] | March 4, 1976 |
2 | George Evan Howell | July 18, 1947 | July 23, 1947 | July 30, 1947 | September 30, 1953 | – |
United States Customs Court
[edit]# | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
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1 | Irvin C. Mollison | October 3, 1945 | October 26, 1945 | October 29, 1945 | May 5, 1962 | – |
2 | Jed Johnson | April 7, 1947[Rn 9] | June 23, 1947 | June 25, 1947 | May 8, 1963 | – |
3 | Paul Peter Rao | June 22, 1948[Rn 4] | January 31, 1949 | June 22, 1948[14] | November 30, 1988[39] | – |
4 | Morgan Ford | June 22, 1949 | July 12, 1949 | July 15, 1949 | December 31, 1985[39] | January 2, 1992 |
Notes
[edit]- Renominations
- ^ Initially nominated on May 7, 1946. Nomination withdrawn and renominated on May 21, 1946.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Renominated on January 5, 1950.
- ^ Renominated on November 24, 1947.
- ^ a b c Renominated on July 29, 1948 and January 13, 1949.
- ^ Renominated on January 13, 1949.
- ^ a b Renominated on November 27, 1950.
- ^ Renominated on March 3, 1952.
- ^ Renominated on January 9, 1953. Withdrawn by President Eisenhower on July 24, 1953.
- ^ Initially nominated on March 29, 1945 by President Roosevelt to a different seat on the same court. Nomination confirmed on April 3, 1945, but Johnson declined the appointment. Renominated to a different seat on the same court by President Truman on April 7, 1947.
References
[edit]- General
- "Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- Specific
- ^ All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 8, 1950, and received commission on February 10, 1950.
- ^ a b c d Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1950, and received commission on April 7, 1950.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on July 19, 1950, and received commission on July 22, 1950.
- ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 28, 1950, and received commission on May 1, 1950.
- ^ Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
- ^ Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt but appointed by Harry S. Truman.
- ^ a b On June 1, 1955, Follmer was reassigned to only the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1947, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1947, and received commission on January 24, 1947.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1947, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 3, 1947, and received commission on February 5, 1947.
- ^ a b c Harper received three consecutive recess appointments to the same court; his formal nomination was not acted on by the United States Senate the first two times, but after the third recess appointment, Harper was confirmed by the Senate.
- ^ Recess appointment; the nomination expired without action by the United States Senate.
- ^ Recess appointment; the nomination of November 24, 1947 was still pending and later expired without action by the United States Senate.
- ^ a b c Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1949, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1949, and received commission on February 2, 1949.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 24, 1947, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1947, and received commission on December 20, 1947.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1949, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29, 1949, and received commission on April 1, 1949.
- ^ Recess appointment; nomination never sent to the United States Senate.
- ^ Allred had earlier been appointed to a different seat on the same court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Allred resigned to seek elected office, and, unsuccessful in that endeavor, was later reappointed to the court by Truman.
- ^ Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment on August 9, 1950.
- ^ a b c d e f g Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 8, 1950, and received commission on March 9, 1950.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 21, 1950, and received commission on February 23, 1950.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 27, 1950, and received commission on March 1, 1950.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 25, 1950, and received commission on April 26, 1950.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 1950, and received commission on July 7, 1950.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 27, 1950, and received commission on July 5, 1950.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, but the United States Senate rejected the appointment on August 9, 1950.
- ^ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on October 29, 1962
- ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 27, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 13, 1950, and received commission on December 21, 1950.
- ^ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 27, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 14, 1950, and received commission on December 22, 1950.
- ^ Reassigned by operation of law to only the Western District on May 19, 1961.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on March 3, 1952, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 10, 1952, and received commission on June 11, 1952.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 30, 1952, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 7, 1952, and received commission on April 8, 1952.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 9, 1953, but the United States Senate rejected the appointment.
- ^ Laterally appointed to Chief Judge seat on the same court on July 19, 1956.
- ^ Laterally appointed to Chief Judge seat on the same court on April 30, 1959.
- ^ Laterally appointed to serve as Chief Justice, after serving as a judge on the same court.
- ^ Chief Justice seat reassigned as Chief Judge.
- ^ a b Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade on November 1, 1980.